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VOL. VII—NO. 283. CRAWFOHDSVILLE, INDIANA, SATURDAY, AUGUST 26, 1893.

A BIG FOUR.

Senators Hill and Stewart Talk Finance In the Senate.

THE FORMER CRITICISES CLEVELAND.

Messrs. Burrows and Springer Make Speeches In Favor of Ropeal in the House—Many Other Addresses on the Subject.

NOTABLE SPEAKERS.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—Friday was a great day of speeches at the national capital. In the senate Senator Hill (dam., N. Y.) made a speeoh which created a decided sensation. He wai followed by Senator Stewart (rep., Nev.) in the first formal presentation of the oase from the standpoint of the silver senator*. In the house Mr. Burrows (rep., Mich.), who is regarded as second only to Reed among the republican leaders, spolco for half an hour. Later in the day Mr. Springer (dem., 111.), who wa» the nominal leader of the democratic majority in the last congress, spoke for an hour. There ware many other speakers, but Hill, Stewart, Burrows and Springer were the "big four" of the day. Senator Hill's speech had been awaited with muoh interest, owing to his well-known personal antagonism to President Cleveland.

HtU on OlmlkDd.

WASHINGTON, Aug. 26.—The event of the day at the oapltal was the speeoh of Senator Hill (dem., N. Y.), whioh was a long and carefully prepared effort on the silver question. The senator made no direct political attaok upon President Cleveland, as had been expected he would. He acoused the president, however, of being a gold monometallist and said that in his reccnt message he overdrew the picture of financial distress in the interest of the creditor classes. Sen-

Resents Impertinent Suggestions* Senator Hill continued: "No one, be he a democrat, republican or popt^ist, should be deterred from voting for this bill simply because it is balled as an admlnistlon measure. That furalsfaes no argument either for or against it I resent the Impertinent suggestion of those sycophants who are constantly posing as tho personal or especial frieuds of the administration, and who whisper In our ears every day that the administration wants this and does not want that, and we must not vote so as to displease the admlnls* tration. Sir, I know of but one rule of oonduot tbat has guided my offlolal action here, and which will continue to guide it to the end. If a measure seems to me to be right aad proper and meets my approval shall support it and if it does not meet my oonsoientlous judgment I shall oppose It and the wishes, views or suggestions of any administration will have no effect in influencing that result. My distinguished colleague and myself will cheerfully vote for this bill, "unawed by power and unoorrupted by federal patronage." The president Is entitled to my support and that of every other democratic sonator when he rccommends a morltorlous maasure whioh Is expressly approved In the platform of the party which Dominated and elected him to the high office which he holds, lie could do no less than recommend the repeal of the Sherman 'bill, because such repeal was made a part of the democratic creed at Chicago It was his duty to do so, and he has slmply discharged that duty and that Is all."

Cause of the Depression.

The senator said there were some who had given the subject attention who believed the cause of the present depression was deeper and be* yond the Sherman bill, and that its foundations were laid in the evil hours of 1873, when the country unwittingly laid aside the financial policy that had been its guide since the foundation of the government. The existing financial disturbance, Senator Hill found, was attribut* able to throe distinct causes: 1. It was the natural and inevitable result of many years of real or tlotitious prosperity. 2. Some portion of the present panic can be traccd to concerted effort on the part of the monomotallists to produce it in order to dis credit silver. 3. Tbat no matter what else may have contributed to the present financial condition, it would not be denied that the silver purchase law had been, at least in part, and possibly the most largely, instrumental in producing existing complications.

Senator Hill did not believe that simple repeal of the, Sherman law would at once restore abundant prosperity, but that many years would be raquired to recover from the present disturbance.

Senator Hill favored the increase of the national bank circulation as proposed in the pending bill. Continuing, he said he regarded the question of ratio as not timely and as of the least consequence but if changed at all it should not be enlarged but diminished to 15K, the Latin union ratio.

Senator Stewart Talks.

At the close of Senator Hill's address Senator Stewart (rep. Nev.) took Uie

floor. He spoke In substance as follows: He deojirad mlttee w|l a ver. tfotn^D iQ^ui

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SENATOR DAVID B. HIM,, I

ator HiH announced himself to be a bimetallist and urged the repeal the Sherman law because it stands in the way of bimetallism. He said that President Cleveland was not a bimetallism and added that he would not follow the gold path marked out by the administration. Here is what he said on this point: "I shall refuse to follow in the footsteps of any administration that seeks to place the democratic party in a false position, that seeks to lead it away from its traditions, away from the currency of our fathers, away from the path of safsty, away from the democratic principles and platforms and Into the very camp of the enemy. The president must rely upon republican votes to carry out any such suicidal polioy. I shall not believe, howtvor, that any syoh course will be taken by ths president of his own volition, or even under the inspiration of Indiscreet advisers, until dearer evidence shall be furnished t&an now exists."

I the MU at the Bnanoe comftlcftliy (6 demonetlte .11de60|ved on tbat point lilt was an Insult to the ln-

genoe of the American neople. Tbe people, salq, h»a some Ce the forks or tbo 1, wBWe they titjd flther to use 0 Mm tytpla. 1

Tbo promise is teiiii be road, ihelr oyn money or submit to system Of wtOrtlOb through tbe national _j||Wan aot his not been exe•OCQWIWIO lfasMMl ft It had been It

Rooat IV Wrtslnly would not

have to8 haHa. All that Had been done under It MdQMn the Issue af il40,0«0,000 of legal tender DOM., wHofc h^d donsmuch to sustale tbe

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Without it tho panic

would hivt happened loty before. •oasa Silver Debate. W4BMl$iT0X, Aug. Se.—The second day of the ftVa-mllavj^e debate on the silver bill began in iie house at ID a'oloflka. m. Mr. Pendleton (dem.,Tex.) and If* Bo wen (rep,, Cal.) were in favor of free oaipage, Mr. Dockery (dem., Mo.) qpoke lft tajor of bimetallism. Mfc Mbcu (rep., qlxch.) spoke for blmetftllfaiiL and Mis, Cobb (dem., Ala.) opposed unconditional repeal,

The priooiptl spetftfe 01 the day on the republioin side WM made by Mr. Burrows (Mich.) A synopsis of his remarks! fle quottf from the last m*ss*geof President Harftfon to show tbe prosperous condition of the Uborlag men of the oou&try last December, and oAtrasted it witii the present situation. wfeal mas brought tho appalling change, he asked. President Cleveland said it was ths outgrowth ef a financial polioy embodied in unwise laws, and speoified the Sherman silver aot as lbs fruitful souroe of the country's

I* (Mr. Ruvrow*) was frank to

admit toat iaai measureIh ltd practical workings had been a disappointment to its friends, yet fee did QOI believe that it was respotMlble to aw oonsiderable dofrse fOF^be iropo&t deplorable condition, lie

Son

not believe that this deplorable oondiwas tone sftribu^d to an act which inovtMSd the olrou^aUpn et this country more than viiOffyDOO a montg in go^d sound currenoy. Our entire ourrenoy, whether of gold, silver or paper, is at this present moment worth 100 oents on the dbllavi

Be Was Mpstralnsd to believe that the real cause of this widespread business depression was attributable ehiftfly to the hostility of the demooratlo party toward our protective policy, under whioh for the last thirty years the nation has wrought ltd marvelous industrial independence.

Will Tote for Repeal.

Mr. Burrows s%ld he had qp hesitancy in voting (or tns repeal o! th^ Sherman law. it was unsound in principle, ill praotlcal workings were a disappointment to its friendB, and if oontlnued would, in his judgment, result disastrously to the country by depleting the treasury of gold and putting in Its S\ead a mountain ef uncoined silver bullion The policy must be abandoned sooner or later, and the sooner It was abandoned the less would be the loss sustained by tho government.

Demooratlo Opportunity*

la oonoluslon Mr. Burrows declared that if the demooNtti* party did aot continue both gold and sifter in our monetary system and maintain that money at a parity, tben they would be false to party pledges and would be rebuked by the people. The republican party was in favor of bimetallism, of the use of both gold and silver in our monetary svateip, and it had legislated so as to sseure It For fifteen years It had maintained gold and silver at a parity. The opportunity was now with the democrats to redeem their pledges and continue to utilize both gold aad silver in our monetary system and maintain bimetallism as the republican party had safely established it

Mr. Springer Urges Repeal as Duty. Mr. Springer (dom., 111.) favored the unconditional repeal of the purchasing elause of the Sherman law. Mr. Springer aaidf "I attribute the condition which now exists in the oountry to three controlling and fundamental oauses, viz: First, the tariff legislation since the war, Imposing enormous burdens upon the people to protect favorite interests, and by which unnatural stimulant there have been over-borrowing, over-trading, aud thus inevitable disaster. The second cause is found in the demonetization of silver in 1873 and the third cause, the Sherman act for tbe purchase of 4,500,000 ounces of silver each month. "Wo have been oalled together for the sole purpose of offeoting the repeal of the purchasing clause of tbe Sherman act. Shall we answer this universal demand for r^ peal, a demand which meets no negative response throughout the length and breadth of the land, with the statement that we will not repeal the purchasing clause of tho Sherman aot until congress agrees to do something else on some other matter? it is just as parliamentary, just as reasonable to Insist that the tariff bill shall be Uioluded in the bill for the repeal of the Sherman act as to Insist that a measure for tho demonetization of silver shall also be Incorporated in that act. "We are told that if we allow this repeal bill to go through without incorporating into it a provision for the free and unlimited coinage of silver, that some of our democratic friends upon this floor and In the senate, and even the president ef the United States, will desert us and call a halt upon silver legislation. I do not believe it Who Is prepared to say that tho democratic party, as represented upon tbe door and in the other branch of oongress, and as represented in the ehief exjoutivo of the United States, will be recreant to the solemn pledge made to the people of this country, the pledge upon which we Becured at the polls in November last an unprecedented majority of the popular votes of*th* oountry? There is just as much ground for stating thai we will not oarry out our pledges In reforence to the tariff or to the oleotlon laws as there is for stating that we will not carry out all our pledges in regard to silver."

Mr. Marsh (rep., 111.) opposed the Wilson bill and favored the free coinage of silver. Mr. Compton (dem., Md.) spoke for unconditional repeal, and Mr. Money (dein.. Miss.) against the repeaL Mr. Sickles (dem., N. Y.) spoke for unconditional repeal.

The rules of the house were reported by Mr. Catchi&gs (Miss.) and without being read they were ordered printed.

Simpson's Resolution Baled Out. Mr. Simpson (pop., Kan.) asked unanimous consent for tbe consideration of a resolution authorizing the'speaker to appoint a committee of five members to investigate the allegation that certain banks were not paying their checks, and to inquire into the conduot of Secretary Carlisle and Comptroller Eckels in the premises. The speaker ruled that tho resolution was not in order.

The silver debate waa continued, remarks favoring repeal being made by Messrs. Payne (rep., N. Y.), Brawley (dem., S.C.), Breckinridge (dem.. Ark.), Dolliver (rep., Ia.), Grout (rep., Vt.), Campbell (dem., N. Y.), McEttriek (dem., Mass.), Sipe (dem.. Pa.), Geissenlieiner (dem., N. J.), MoKeighan (lnd., Neb.), Doolittle (rep., Wash.) and Wangcr (rep.. Pa.). Remarks in opposition to the Wilson bill were made by Messrs. Taylor (dem., Ind.), Enloe (dem., Tenn.), Herman (rep., Ore.), Branch (dem., N. C.) and Huliok (rep., O.).

Values Her Husband at 820,000. DUBUQUE, la., Aug. 26.— Joseph Brinsklll fell on an ioy sidewalk last February and was killed. His widow fcas sued tho city for $80,000 damages.

COUNTING THE DEAD.

The List of Known Viotims of tho Storm Numbers Forty-One.

FORTY-EIGHT PERSON'S ARE MISSING.

A Large Number of Veeacl. Are Wrecked —A 1.1st of the Worst Casualties— Many Fnrsons Uave Very

Narrow escapes.

FORTY-ONE VICTIMS.

New YOMI,

Aug. 80.—Stories of death

and damage by the hurricane came rapidly in from the sea Friday, and still there is more to tell. The known dead at midnight reaohed a total of fortyone. The missing, some of whom may be saved, are fifty-eight more. The remnants of the fleet of fishing smacks came up the river battered and torn, and those that had any rigging left flew their flags at half-mast for their dead comrades.

Til. Casualties.

Here is the reoord of oasualtias so far as known: The aohooner Narragansett, of Philadelphia, foundered at sea and Capt. Chase and five men were drowned. One sailor was rescued clinging to the masthead.

Capt. Seavey of the schooner Elbridge Souther was killed in the Btorm. The schooner Jane Balrd lost a man overboard.

The fishing smack Empire State is given up aa lost with ten mon. The fishing schooners Grant, Ella Johnson, Josepn Garland, Mascott and Fitz J. Babcock had not been heard from up to a late hour. Each had a crew of from eight to ten men.

The Norwegian bark Alf foundered at sea and the crew of twelve men saved themselves by talcing to the boats.

All the beaches are strewn with wreckage, and wreckage which looked like cabin fixtures marked "William C. Bell, Rondout, N. Y.," was drifted ashore at Anclesea, N. J.

The tugboat George W. Pride, with eight loaded scows belonging to the International Construction company, engaged In dredging Buttermilk channel, went to sea early Friday morning and reported losing seven of the scows, each soow containing one man.

Fifty or more persons at Asbury Park, who staid tip Wednesday night to watoh the tremendous waves beat upon the broad walls, saw a aohooner oarried tar upon the beaoh by a huge wave. In plain view of the spectators the captain and three of his crew were drowned.

The schooner Mary and Lixie foundered off Nantucket. The captain and his crew of six clung to a small boat and the pieces of wreckage as long as they oould. Six were drowned, but the seventh, after being adrift thirty-three hours, was rescued.

The fishing smack Melinda Wood has reached port. She is a 00-foot sohooner, oommanded by Gustav Peterson. She is dismantled and only her captain and two seamen out of a orew of eight were brought back. At 9 o'clock Wednesday night, when off Barnegat lighthouse, the vessel was struck by the hurricane and thrown on her beam ends. The anchor was thrown out, but It failed to hold and the vessel drifted with the gale. Her topmast went by the board and her sails were whipped out like ribbons. Great waves swept over the boat from stem to stern. .One by one the men were swept away. The three survivors managed to cling to the vessel till morning, when the weather moderated.

The captain and mate of the schooner Chocorna were washed overboard and drowned.

Three Out of Twenty Saved. PHILADELPHIA, Aug. 80.—Assistant Engineer Albert Smith, of the Reading Railroad company's steam collier Panther, which with the barge Lykens Valley was lost off the Long Island coast Thursday morning, arrired here Friday. Of tho twenty persons on the two vessels only three #cre saved

MOB'S OHIEF KILLED.

Colon Sailors' Fatal Attack on a Schooner's Orew at Detroit Captain's Wife Comes to His Aid and Gives Him Opportunity to Shoot the Man, Delegate

O'Brien, Who First Strikes Her Down. DETROIT, Mich., Aug. '20.—Delegate O'Brien, of the Seamen's union here, was

Bhot

and killed Friday night while

leading ~an attack on the non-union orew of the schooner Reuben Doud, lying at a _dock in the harbor. The sailors were driven back by the onslaught and sought safety in the forecastle, leaving Capt. William Lennon alone on the deck. He was rapidly being overpowered. O'Brien dealt him a heavy blow on the head with a handspike. Weakened by his wound he could not have held his own longer had not his wife created a diversion by rushing from the cabin and hastening to shield her husband. O'Brien struck her down. Capt. Lennon in this brief respite had time to reach his revolver. As O'Brien started to strike him again he fired, the ball striking the delegate in the neck. The shot caused the crowd to soatter. O'Brien did not seem to be badly injured at first, but he died before he reached the station. Capt. Lennon was arrested and locked up.

Left a Million to Depew.

NKW YORK, Aug. 30.— Chauncey M. Depew has received a letter from Paul Ilartchcz, a rich Cuban planter, in which the foreigner says that he is suffering from an incurable ailment and that in his will he leaves to Mr. Depew one-half of his estate, valued at $'2,000,000. This is in return for *500 which Mr. Depew loaned him eighteen years ago with which to develop an invention for orushlng cane sugar.

Baseball.

National league games on Friday: At Brooklyn—Brooklyn, 8 Chicago, 4. At Boston—Boston, 5 Cleveland, 3. At New York—New York, 5 Pittsburgh, 5 (game called because of darknoss in tenth Inning.) At Philadelphia—Louisville, 9 Philadelphia, 8. At BaituiMre —Cincinnati, 4 Baltimore, 2. At Wagfe-U»gV«B-»t. 'i W»gU(igtg|j, 0

BETTER TIME®.

Confidence Returning and Threatened Disasters In the Commercial World Averted—Industrial. Establishments Resuming Work.

NKW YORK, Aug. 2Q.—11. G. Dun & Co.'s weekly review of trade says: "The improvement observed last week has become much more distinct andgonoral. While actual transactions have increased but little,the chango in public feeling is noteworthy. There are fewer failures, either of banks or of important commcrcial or manufacturing concerns, than for some weeks past Many di«asters have been avoided by a more general pooling of resources aud a greater spirit of mutual helpfulnoss and forbearance than were seen somo weeks ago. One large atouk failure for several million was thus prevented in Wall street Thursday, and the market for securities, though at times doj)rc*se«.l by closing of heavy loans, has been extremely dull without material decline. "Money on call is more abundant and lower, as many interior loans have been paid since the banks ceased to send currency away and advanced thoir rates for renewing or extending such loan», but there is little relief as respects mercantile accommodations. The use of checks in tho place of currency increases, and the secretary of the treasury in answer to an Inquiry has stated that no legal objection exists to the use of sight drafts on New York for small sums in payment of hands. The difficulty of collections and the interruption of exchanges are nearly as serious as ever. "The number of industrial establishments resuming begins to cpmpare fairly with tbe number stopping work. It cannot as yet bo said that the army of unemployed has begun to decrease, but the additions to it are much smaller than in previous weeks. Maoy resumptions only show that the stoppage was really temporary or that wage controversies have been settled. The textile manufacturers show no improvement, and dispatches mentiQp twenty-four mills as having closed indeflultely and several others temporarily. Twelve mills whioh temporarily olosed have now resumed. The demand for goods is narrow and uncertainty about colleotiouj and supplies of currency for hands turn the scales in many CUM*. "Though currency is at a premium of 1 to 2 per cent the demand i« less than a week a^o. Receipts of gold from Europe during the last week have been SC,700,000, but the Bank Bugiapd has raised its rate to & per cent, whiph is espsoted to stop further shipments of gold to this oountry, and the liank of France has lost during the woelc about (1,000.000. The absorption of money has not yot ceased, and credit substitutes in use as yet poorly supply its place. ''The failures for tbe last week number 410 In the United States and twenty in Canada. Of the commcrcial failures in the Uulted Statos 149 were iu eastern states, sixty-five in southern and 180 in western."

DROWNED WHILE FISHING,

Peculiar Death ol Ex-Cashier Jlurnet, of tho Failed State llauk of Manitowoc. MANITOWOC, Wis., Aug. 30.—George

Burnet, late cashier of the defunot state bank of this oity, was drowued under peouliar circumstances. He left his home early and started on a fishing expedition up the river. His body was found at a point where the water is not very deep. The supposition of the police 1b that he accidentally fell into the river and was so badlv stunned by the fall that he drowned whHe unconsolous. Barn^t was 44 vears of age and leaves a wife and one child. Thpre ARA QOW NO more of the officials of this bank living, Mr. Barnes, president, having died since the failure of the bank.- V.

Denied.

LONDON, Aug. 30.—Some excitement has been created in theatrical aud other circles by the rumor that Lord H$ory Francis Hope had married MIBB M&y Yohe, a burlesque actress, rather better known in America than in London. The rumor originated from & direct statement made by one ol the parties intimately concerned. This was Miss Yohe herself, whose evidence might be thought conolusive were it not for the fact that ft Is not the first time she has claimed to have entered into the bonds of matrimony and found it difficult to support that claim.

Think the Worst Is Over.

NKW YORK, Aug. 26.—The Commercial Advertiser prints a broadside of opinions upon the present commercial depression gathered from all over the country. Most of these opinions are from men oonversant with the condition of trade in their various localities and is to the effect that the worst of the depression has been passed, and the near future will see a dcclded improvement in all the lines of commercial and manufacturing business.

Drowned by a Uoat Capslxlna. HOLLAND, Mich., Aug. 20.—Thursday afternoon while a party of four were out Bailing on Macatawa bay a sudden squall came up, which capsized the boat and resulted in the drowning of John Ilaan, ex-porter of the steamer Saugatuck, and Jennie Anderson, of Chicago. The other two were rescued. The bodies of those drowned were recovered a short time after.

Dropped Dead.

ST. Louts, Aug. 26.—Dr. WUHMB BWilliams, editor of the Central Baptist of this city, dropped dead on the depot platform while waiting for a train at Alexandria Thursday night Dr. Williams had been attending, the Baptist convention at Kahoka and Thursday afternoon prcached a sermon before the association. It is supposed his death was caused by heart disease.

A Commercial Convention.

NEW YORK, Aug. 20.—The New York board of trade bas issued a circular letter to the secretaries of 1,84S commercial organizations in the country requesting them to send two or more delegates eaoh to a national convention of commercial organizations to be held in Willard's hall, Washington, D. C., on vSeptcmbcr 12.

Burued to Death tn UU Home. W, CHEYENNE, Wyo., Ang. 20. J.

Thompson was burned to death In his home here Friday night. His son dragged his remains out and was frightfully bjfr$jjj, wUl r{?ovej-.

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SHE WAS A BURDEN

Murderer Telle Why Ho Committed His Brutal Grime.

A WOMAS AND A CHILD HIS VICTIMS.

He Strangles Ret Willie CamHsing Her— The Little One Meets the Same Fate— The Bodies Securely Weighted and

Thrown Into tho lilver.

A MILWAUKEE TRAGEDY.

MILWAUKEE, Aug. 4fl. Gustavo flcharff, a young man of good connections, Is looked up at the central police station, the self-confessed murderer of the woman and child found iu the Milwaukee river near Pleasant Valley resort The denouement was rapid and One of tho most cold-blooded murders ever known has been unearthed.

A Journalist's Work.

With coroner and police force who believed that It was a easy of suicide, the murderer was safe until newspaper men took hold of the case. The bodies were identified as those of Mrs. Ollie King, nee Douglas, and lier 5-year-old daughter. Half an hour later the city editor of the Herald found Scharff and took him to the morgue. Beharff ualmly viewed the bodies and said lie knew nothing about the manner of their death, but advanced the opinion that tho mother had killed her ohild and then committed suicide. He acknowledged that lie had lived with tho young woman for two years post. Scharff then -.vent to his home and was there arrested.

Itreaks Dowu and Confesses. Once at work the policc did woll and by 2 o'clock in the morning had so cornered the prisoner in contradictory statements that ho broke down and confessed to the murder. His only excuse was. that he wanted to get rid of her. Frlduy the murderer made a detailed etatement to Chief Jattusen. lie agreed to meet the mother and child at tho Northwestern depot to take them to the world's fair. He purposely missed the train, and then to make tip for this proposed that they visit the upper Milwaukee river and take a boat ride. The woman was delighted and readily agreed to this. Scharff took the pair to the *lver, hired a boat and rowed up to Pleasant Valley. He landed near there in somo woods and the trio passed several pleasant hours.

Strangled Ills Mistress.

Finally the little girl fell asleep and Scharff began caressing his mistress. As he kissed her he managed to get his hand around her throat. Then he suddenly shut down and with the fury of a madman strangled lier to death. When she was dead he strangled the sleeping child, lie bound both bodies with ropes, attaohed heavy stones and plaoing them in the boat rowed out to mid-stream and dropped them it. the water. He then rowed back and returned to tho city.

Soharff is the nephew of.Nicholas Simon, a wealthy tobacconist, and worked for him. He was looked upon as his heir, and was afraid that in ease Simon learned ei his intimacy with the woman it would hurt his chances.

MOTHER AND SON DROWNED.

A Wealthy Lumberman's Wife Dies Trying to Save Hor Child. PAIIHY SOUND, Ont., Aug. 20.—A most distressing drowning accident occurred at o'clock Friday evening at Sloop island, near this plaou, by which Mrs. John B. Miller, wife of the president of the Parry Sound Lumber company, and her eldest son, Clausen, both lost their lives. Mrs. Miller, with lier two sons, aged respectively 10 and 7. and her companion, Miss Cunningham, went out rowing, and while at Sloop island the boys went in bathing. Clausen was noticed slipping outof his depth and when the mother plunged in to sa-e him he oaught bold of her and drew her down. Miss Cunningham rowed off to a man near by, but, being unable to swim, he could render no assistance. She then rowed to the tug Minnehaha at Rosctta island, half a mile away, and with aU haste the boat steamed to the spot The bodies were quickly recovered, but could not be resuscitated.

NOT GUILTY.

The Jury, at the Third Trial, Acqultf* Actor Curtis of the Charge of Murder. SAN FRANCISCO, Aug. 20.—Tho jury in the case of M. B. Curtis, "Samuel of Posen," for the murder of Policeman Orant, returned a verdict Friday afternoon of acquittal. This is the third trial of Curtis, the jury in the first two trials disagreeing. Curtis was nervous when the jury came in. The defendant at once shook their hands. It has been believed that the jury would hang and the verdict was somewhat of a surprise.

Death of the Oldest Illinois Kditor. SPRJNGFIKLV, 111., Aug, 20.—George R. Weber died Friday at his home in Pawnee, this oounty, aged 85 years. Mr. Weber was at the time of his death the oldest newspaper publisher in the state, having been a partner with John S. Roberts in the publication of the 11linois Republican in this city in 1&!5.

Carload of Gold.

KANSAS CITV, MO., Aug. ao.—An express car with 110,000,000 In gold on board passed through tills oity at 8 a. m. The gold comes from the subtreasury at San Francisco and is destined to tho subtreasury at New York. The treasure was guarded bj ten men.